Pretty good thunderstorms overnight last night, but by 10AM that'd all moved out. By noon it'd moved out and the roads were dry, the sky was turning blue and the temperature was in the upper 70's.
Yeah.....
I need some wind.
Momma's been on a cleaning kick the last few days, and Kaelynn (The girl of the triplets) had been helping the most, so she was selected to come with me. I asked Kali if she wanted to go as well, seeing as it's been a little too long since she'd ridden the Valkyrie....
Heck yes she says!
I have a little 100ish mile loop I like to do from home, it's not the twistiest of roads, but it's pleasant, mostly out in the country, scenic and just the right distance for a tank of gas (On the standard).
So off we headed. Kali was a little shaky and apprehensive at first, but it didn't take her long to regain her sea legs.
First stop (There weren't many because of the Wuhan Flu stuff) was a quick photo op at an old flying saucer house along the way here...
From there out across the two mile bridge across the lake. Wish I coulda gotten some pics, the lake was gorgeous, beautiful sky, low traffic on the roads, just a glorious day... (And we saw a LOT of other bikes out there!)
Turned south past the lake and got on some smaller roads to the dam for the lake...
Lots of folks fishing in the lake downstream of the dam, mostly keeping their distance from each other. Mostly.
With all the rain we've been having lately, the dam overflow was running full speed ahead, and quite beautiful...
I'm guessing the area by the overflow must be good fishing, tons of fishers, both human and avian congregated in that area...
Back to the Valks, one more quick photo before getting back on (After using hand sanitizer, even though we touched nothing.) and off we went.
From there my usual route is to cut down 20 or so miles south until the next town, then switching highways and coming 20 or so miles back north, but I'd always wondered if there were any small roads that cut through. Studied the GPS and ah-ha! There are! Plotted them in, and off we went.
Turned onto a tiny paved road.
Turned onto a tinier road that appears to have once been paved.
Then onto half gravel half potholes.
Then gravel.
Then dirt. Keeping in mind it rained hard just a few hours ago.
Kali's quite the trooper. She was a little freaked out at first, but she handled dancing with the Valkyrie through wet muddy dirt roads quite well.
Luckily this only went on for a few miles, then back to real roads, and homeward bound.
Enjoyable, but not too exciting ride home, partially on super slab, bikes put away and back to cowering in fear inside our house, until our next escape at least.
Not the most exciting ride ever, not the best nor photo filled ride report ever, but we got in a MUCH needed ride! Hope ya'll are able to do so soon if you haven't already!
